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ACONITE
Definition of ACONITE
noun
The herb wolfsbane, or monkshood; any plant of the genus Aconitum, all the species of which are poisonous.
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Where it comes from
From French aconit, from Latin aconītum, from Ancient Greek ἀκόνιτον (akóniton).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- French
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,672)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ACONITE · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ACONITE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 44 boards so far. 81 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 34, 23 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ACONITE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEINOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ACONIT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 34
Could you have found ACONITE?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 34 - and most players walked straight past it.
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